Vapor-bath.



PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

0. B. HURLEY. VAPOR BATH.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. a, 1903' N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES V Patented May 31, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

VAPOR-BATH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,228, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed September 3, 1903. Serial'No. 171,719. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. HURLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vapor-Baths; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in vapor-baths, and more particularly to such devices for face and head treatment; and its object is to-provide means whereby the amount of heat and vapor administered can be relatively and independently controlled, to provide a simple and effective device, and to provide the same with various new and useful features, hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

My device consists, essentially, of a case adapted to inclose the head of the person, a chamber on the front of the case to heat the same, a pipe and cook to admit vapor to the heating-chamber, pipes and cooks to admit vapor to the interior of the case, means for admitting air to the interior of the case, and means for protecting the face from the action of vapors when treating the hair or scalp, as will more fully appear by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a detail illustrating the means for protecting the face when treating the scalp or hair.

Like letters refer to like parts in all of the figures.

A representsa suitable case of any preferred form, the one shown being substantially cylindrical and divided into two parts in the plane of its axis and hinged, as at B, and also provided in the lower end with an opening C to receive the neck of the patient. On the lower front portion of this case is a heatingchamber D, to which steam or other suitable hot vapor is admitted by means of a cock I and pipe F, the former being connected to said chamber by suitable pipe 1. Branch pipes F and F extend vertically from the pipe E and terminate in suitable cocks G and H, through which the steam or other vapor can be admitted at pleasure to the interior of the case A through the pipes G and H, the pipe G opening into the case near the bottom thereof and the pipe H entering near the middle of the case. Opposite the open end of the said pipes G and H are baflie-platesJ and K,"

whereby the vapor escaping from said pipes is prevented from coming directly upon the chin or face of the patient and is distributed throughout the interior of the case A.

E is an air-pipe extending through the case and chamber D to admit air for the patient to breathe, said pipe having its inner end suitably formed to receive the nose and mouth of the patient and its outer end open to the outer air.

L is a drain-pipe to carry away the condensed fluid from the chamber D.

M is a suitable mask of rubber, cloth, or other material impervious to vapor and provided with a suitable band or cord N, whereby it is held in place over the face of the patient. When in use, it is arranged between the face of the patient and the baffie-plate K. This mask is used whenever it is desirable to protect the face from the action .of the vapor issuing from the pipe H and to apply said vapor to the hair or scalp of the patient.

When the device is operated, the pipe F is connected to any suitable means of generating the desired hot vapors, either medicated or plain, as occasion requires, and a portion of said vapor is admitted to the chamber D to heat the interior of the case, whereby the same applies dry heat alone to the head and face of the patient. This treatment may be supplemented by admitting a portion of the vapor through one or both of the cocks G and H, the same being applied to the lower part of the face by admitting the same through the cock G or to the upper part of the face by admitting the same through the cock H. In the event that it is deemed desirable to treat the hair and scalp only the mask M is used and the vapor admitted through the cock H only.

It will thus be seen that by this device Iam able to apportion the heat and moisture within the case at pleasure and to localize the application of the vapors admitted to the interior of the case.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a case adapted to inclose the head and provided with an air-inlet, a heating-chamber on the exterior of the case, means for admitting hot vapor to the heatingchamber, and separate means for admitting vapor to the interior of the case, whereby the heat and moisture may be separately regulated and applied. v

2. The combination of a case divided vertically and having a central opening in its lower end, a heating-chamber on the front of the case, a pipe and cock to admit vapor to said chamber, and a branch pipe and cook to ad mit vapor to the interior of the case.

3. The combination of acase adapted to inclose the head of the patient, a breathing-tube in the front of the case, a heating-chamber on the front of the case, a pipe and cook to admit vapor to the heating-chamber, branch pipes and cocks to admit vapor to the case at points above and below the breathing-tube,

baffle-plates in the case, and a drain-pipe to the heating-chamber.

4. The combination of a case adapted to inclose the head of the patient, a heating-chamber in the case, a breathing-tube in the front of the case, a mask of impervious material adapted to cover the face of the patient, a pipe and cock to admit vapor to the heatingchamber, and a branch pipe and cock to admit vapor to the interior of the case.

5,. The combination of a cylindrical case divided in the plane of its axis and having a bottom opening, a heating-chamber on the front of the case, a breathing-tube extending through the case and heating-chamber, apipe andcock to admit vapor to the heating-chamber, a branch pipe extending downward and openinginto the lower part of the case, a cock in the said pipe, a branch pipe extending upward and opening into the middle portion of the case, a cock in said pipe, and bafile-plates in the case and located opposite the ends of said pipes;

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Y CHARLES E. HURLEY.

Witnesses:

GEORGIANA OHAoE, LUTHER V. MoULToN. 

